Maigret'S Madwoman Av Georges Simenon

<p><b>''The father of contemporary European detective fiction'' Ann Cleeves</b><br><br><i>''He hadn''t seen her arrive. She had stopped on the pavement a few steps away from him and was peering into the courtyard of the Police Judiciaire, where the small staff cars were parked. <br><br>She ventured as far as the entrance, looked the officer up and down, then turned round and walked away towards the Pont-Neuf''</i><br><br>When an old lady tells Maigret someone has been moving things in her apartment, she is dismissed as a fantasist - until a schocking event proves otherwise. <br><br>''One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century'' <i>Guardian</i></p>